"It's not what they say but the way they say it" : a content analysis of interpreter and consumer perceptions towards signed language interpreting in Australia

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Title: "It's not what they say but the way they say it" : a content analysis of interpreter and consumer perceptions towards signed language interpreting in Australia
Related: International journal of the sociology of language, Vol. 2011, No. 207, (2011), p.59-87
DOI: 10.1515/IJSL.2011.003
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Date: 2011
Author/Creator: Napier, Jemina
Description: This paper presents findings of an innovative study, which involved the thematic and content analyses of discussions held by deaf people, hearing people and interpreters about signed language interpreting in Australia. Six focus groups yielded eight hours of data, which was analyzed to identify themes that emerged about participants' perceptions about interpreters and interpreting. Examples are given to compare how participants view the signed language interpreting profession, and to discuss the expectations of all parties of signed language interpreter-mediated encounters. The focus of analysis is on key themes that were evident from the most frequently used words/signs. The findings provide a clearer understanding of the relationship between consumers and interpreters, and attitudes towards signed language interpreters and interpreting in Australia.
Description: 29 page(s)
Subject Keyword: attitude
Subject Keyword: consumers
Subject Keyword: focus groups
Subject Keyword: interpreters
Subject Keyword: perceptions
Subject Keyword: sign language
Resource Type: journal article
Organisation: Macquarie University. Dept. of Linguistics

Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/139842
Identifier: ISSN:0165-2516
Identifier: mq_res-ext-2-s2.0-79952204428
Language: eng
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